title: Systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient with partial lipodystrophy.
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus developed in a 35-year-old woman who had partial lipodystrophy since she was 7 years old. To our knowledge, this association has been reported only once. She also had hypocomplementemia, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis type II, and a serum assay with positive results for C3 nephritic factor. The association of partial lipodystrophy with other autoimmune disorders suggests an immunologic pathogenesis for this disease.
authors.affiliation: Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Font
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ingelmo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mascaró
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008060:Lipodystrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D011241:Prednisone